گھنڈ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *घुन्ट (ghunṭa). Cognate with Pahari-Potwari [script needed] (ghùṇḍu, “veil carried by the goddess”) and Dhundhari घूंड (ghūṇḍ, “veil”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kùṇḍă IPA^(key): /kʊ̃˨ɳɖə̆/

Noun

گُھنْڈ • (ghunḍ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘੁੰਡ)

1. veil, cover
   • 1988, “مُنڈیا [munḍeyā]”, in مکھڑا [mukhṛā], performed by Noor Jehan:

     نئیں شرماں دا گھنڈ لاہی دا

     na'īṉ śarmāṉ dā ghunḍ lāhī dā

     No, you shouldn't lift the veil of modesty

2. secret

Declension

Declension of گھنڈ

	singular	plural
direct	گُھنْڈ (ghunḍ)	گُھنْڈ (ghunḍ)
oblique	گُھنْڈ (ghunḍ)	گُھنْڈاں (ghunḍāṉ)
vocative	گُھنْڈا (ghunḍā)	گُھنْڈو (ghunḍo)
ablative	گُھنْڈوں (ghunḍoṉ)	گُھنْڈاں (ghunḍāṉ)
locative	گُھنْڈے (ghunḍe)	گُھنْڈِیں (ghunḍīṉ)
instrumental	گُھنْڈوں (ghunḍoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گھُنڈ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਘੁੰਡ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghuṇṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 242